Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World.

That night, after Shinichi Hyuga returned home from his afternoon training, Kushina sat on the sofa, holding the framed photo of Minato's team.

"I'm back!"

"Um?"

"Kushina?"

"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you even turning on the lights? Are the lights broken?"

After a busy day, Minato returned home and saw Kushina sitting in the dimly lit living room. He asked her with some confusion.

As he spoke, Minato changed into slippers and came into the living room, casually touching the consecrated wall.

It wasn't until the bright lights came on that Kushina snapped out of her daze, glanced up at the living room light on the ceiling, and then turned to look at Minato:

"Minato! You're finally back!"

Kushina hurriedly got up, and before Minato could even react to what was happening, she threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"Kushina, what happened?"

Minato could sense that his wife was experiencing a great emotional fluctuation. He gently patted Kushina's back and then asked in a soft voice.

At the same time, Minato's gaze also turned to the window, and upon sensing Kakashi's chakra hidden outside, Minato breathed a sigh of relief.

Kakashi was the ANBU member he assigned to look after Kushina. Since Kakashi is still around, even if something happens, it won't be a big deal.

"Minato, Shinichi... he saw your dead student, Obito Uchiha!"

Seeing Minato return, Kushina finally found her pillar of support, and she finally had someone to share and analyze that shocking news with.

Under Minato's puzzled gaze, Kushina handed the photo frame in her hand to Minato, and then took his hand and told him in detail what had happened that afternoon.

Minato was initially astonished to hear that Shinichi had successfully used Kagura Mind's Eye in just one afternoon, and that he was even able to cover the Konoha Cemetery with his senses right away. Just then, Kushina mentioned the chakra that Shinichi had sensed in the cemetery.

Based on Shinichi's description of the man's appearance and the Sharingan, a bloodline limit "unique to" the Uchiha clan, Minato also made a guess about the identity of the tiger-striped masked man that Shinichi saw.

"Obito..."

Minato was a meticulous person, and based on that person's various characteristics, he and Kushina reached the same conclusion.

When countless coincidences come together, they become inevitable. No matter how unbelievable the truth may be, the truth will always be the truth.

Minato did not doubt whether what Shinichi said was true or not; neither Minato nor Kushina ever doubted this.

In their view, Shinichi Hyuga, who was born into the Hyuga main family and was only five years old, had no reason or need to tell such an easily exposed lie.

Moreover, when Obito Uchiha died in battle, Shinichi Hyuga was nowhere to be found, so it was impossible for him to know him. If he hadn't actually seen him with his own eyes, how could he have vaguely recognized that the other person's appearance was very similar to that of young Obito when he saw the photo?

Moreover, whether it's the Sharingan or the disfigurement of half his face, these characteristics would lead those who know the truth about the Battle of Kannabi Bridge to speculate that the mysterious person's identity is Obito.

After all, such reasoning is just too logical.

"Minato, is Obito really still alive?"

"If that's the case, that would be wonderful!"

Seeing Minato deep in thought, Kushina gently took his hand and said with some relief.

However, Minato's attitude towards this matter was not as optimistic as Kushina's. His considerations were the same as Shinichi's...

If Obito really didn't die, why hasn't he appeared before them all these years?!

Even if Obito suffered psychological trauma during the war and wanted to live a peaceful, undisturbed life, there was no need for him to appear in Konoha dressed like that.

If he truly wanted to live a peaceful life in Konoha, as the Hokage and Obito's teacher, shouldn't Minato have granted him even this small privilege?!

Just as Shinichi thought, the person who could save Obito in that situation must be a powerful figure. I wonder... what kind of purpose the person behind Obito has.

As he pondered, Minato frowned.

Seeing that her husband was ignoring her, Kushina gently squeezed Minato's hand.

"what?"

"Sorry, I was lost in thought."

"Kushina, don't worry about this."

"If the person Shinichi saw was Obito, then I think Obito probably just wanted to live a peaceful life. In that case, let's pretend we don't know and let him be."

"He has the right to choose his own lifestyle."

"If that person isn't Obito... then whatever they want to do, they will definitely take action in the days to come."

"Now that we know of that person's existence, we can't be considered completely passive."

"As long as we figure out their patterns of behavior, we can always find them!"

At that moment, many plans were forming in Minato's mind.

As the Hokage, he couldn't allow someone of unknown identity, who was also concealing his identity, to move freely in Konoha. At the very least, he had to find out who that person was.

Since Shinichi saw the other person at the cemetery, it's very likely that the other person will reappear there.

If it really is Obito... then the reason that kid would be at the cemetery is very simple...

When Obito was alive, his only relative in the world was his grandmother. Obito's grandmother passed away not long after news of Obito's death reached Konoha.

Because she was not a ninja and was a member of the Uchiha clan, Obito's grandmother's funeral was handled by her fellow Uchiha clan members, and she was buried in the Uchiha family cemetery.

Besides this relative, only Kakashi and Rin, his two teammates, were Obito's closest friends.

And now, lying in the Konoha Cemetery, is only... Rin!

Let's go to Lin's grave and set up a simple Flying Thunder God trap...

If it really is Obito...

While comforting Kushina, Minato secretly made plans in his mind.

In his heart, he already had a guess about the identity of the man in the tiger-striped mask. All that was left was to confirm his guess.

Now that Shinichi has pointed out Obito Uchiha's existence, it shouldn't be difficult for Minato to find any clues about him with his abilities.

Even the young Itachi Uchiha was able to detect Obito's presence, so how could someone like Minato, with his excellent perception and meticulous mind, possibly find nothing when he was determined to search for him?

Obito's methods of concealment were not particularly sophisticated; he had already left countless traces in Konoha.

It's only a matter of time before it's unearthed!

Shinichi was reassured about this, so after returning home, he temporarily put the matter out of his mind and focused on his own affairs.

Time passed peacefully, day by day, and at the same time, Kushina and Shinichi's mother Hanako's belly grew bigger day by day.

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